War-time 500kg bomb, 400 shells dug up
The Ministry of Defense’s Lung Lo company Tuesday dug up an unexploded 500-kilogram bomb and 400 artillery shells when prospecting for landmines during their dredging works at Rach Tram – Go Cat – Hoc Luu canal in Song Binh Commune, Cho Gao District, Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang Province.The bomb lies at the bottom of a canal near Nguyen Van To’s garden. To said it had been dropped by the U.S. Army in the early 1960s but the bomb did not explode.Local people recently came across it but failed to fish the bomb out of the water.It was made in the United States between 1954 and 1961, according to senior lieutenant colonel Tran Van Dong, deputy director of Lung Lo.The bomb contains 270 kilos of explosive with cast iron alloy lining.It will explode if triggered by mechanical forces and can cause damage or casualties within a 450-meter radius.Lung Lo has collected tens of tonnes of bombs and landmines when the company carries out its projects in the Mekong Delta, Dong said.
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The Ministry of Defense’s Lung Lo company Tuesday dug up an unexploded 500-kilogram bomb and 400 artillery shells when prospecting for landmines during their dredging works at Rach Tram – Go Cat – Hoc Luu canal in Song Binh Commune, Cho Gao District, Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang Province.
The bomb lies at the bottom of a canal near Nguyen Van To’s garden. To said it had been dropped by the U.S. Army in the early 1960s but the bomb did not explode.
Local people recently came across it but failed to fish the bomb out of the water.
It was made in the United States between 1954 and 1961, according to senior lieutenant colonel Tran Van Dong, deputy director of Lung Lo.
The bomb contains 270 kilos of explosive with cast iron alloy lining.
It will explode if triggered by mechanical forces and can cause damage or casualties within a 450-meter radius.
Lung Lo has collected tens of tonnes of bombs and landmines when the company carries out its projects in the Mekong Delta, Dong said.
